Level 4 Web Development Apprenticeship Programme

A cost effective way to develop your Web Development team. Our 18-month programme has industry-led training that is tailored to your organisation’s needs.

Happy makes it hassle-free. We do the recruitment, training, and ongoing support to enable you to employ an Apprentice.

Everyone who creates, reviews, and delivers the training on this programme is a practising professional and an expert in their field. Our curriculum is constantly reviewed and adapted according to user feedback. The training framework responds to the changing needs of the industry, the business and the Apprentices involved.

The current curriculum includes:

Team processes
Using the toolchain
Testing, QA and security
Front and backend development
Specification and planning of a website
Developing and building a site from scratch
Creating a full project

How does it work?
There is little or no additional cost to your organisation as funding is provided through the Apprenticeship Levy or through the government’s co-investment scheme.

Happy handles the whole process, from recruitment and interviews to all of the training and support.

We generally receive over 150 applications for our programmes, and we narrow these down to just 12, based on aptitude for self-learning and their enthusiasm for web development. These 12 candidates then attend a two-week coding ‘bootcamp’ to learn essential skills, including coding and the project life cycle.

We then host a speed dating event so you can meet all 12 candidates in five-minute meetings, followed by a social event.

Following the event, we send you our report on each of the candidates, with links to the work they completed on the bootcamp. You can then arrange formal interviews with your shortlist and find the right apprentice for your team.

Apprentices then receive two days of group training a month, as well as online learning resources, 1-to-1 coaching, attend industry events and join our Slack channel for additional support from our network. Each apprentice also receives an individual learning plan. These learning plans are tailored to your organisation’s technology and technical requirements.